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Two surgeons wearing protective masks and caps are closely focused on a procedure, illuminated by surgical lighting.
Health & Medicine
EU bans an anesthetic with a large impact on the climate
Health & Medicine
PEPFAR and the future of the global fight against HIV
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Israel-Hamas war
Counting the civilian death toll in Gaza
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Children stand in front of the building of the Peruvian Congress as part of a call to demand accountability for cancer patients in Peru, September 2023.
Health & Medicine
Desperate cancer patients in Peru look for options across the Atlantic
landfill
Health
Trash sorters in Ghana face health and safety risks
smoke over buildings
Conflict
In Sudan, volunteers step up to help those caught in the crossfire
COVID-19 antigen home tests indicating a positive result are photographed in New York, April 5, 2023.
COVID-19
Pandemic recovery will require much focus and attention, Dr. Atul Gawande says
Vicky sits in a park in Madrid. She’s smiling because her hospice caretakers have arranged for her to fly home to the Dominican Republic to visit her mom and family one last time.
Lifestyle & Belief
‘What I really needed was a hug’: Madrid hospice workers make sure the unhoused won’t die alone
a young man in a mask
COVID-19
Three years into the pandemic, mask usage varies from country to country
people at barbershop
Disease
A spike in ringworm cases in Spain leads to a surprising culprit: the barbershop
Motherly Love Orphanage
Development & Education
This orphanage in Ghana provides hope — and acceptance — to children living with HIV
Haitians line up outside an immigration office as they wait their turns to apply for a passport, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 10, 2023.
Conflict & Justice
‘Haiti has zero elected officials’ as cholera, gang violence persist, journalist says
A Pittsburgh police officer stands in a downtown Pittsburgh intersection Sunday, May 31, 2020.
If not police, what? Part II
In this Friday, Jan. 15, 2016, file photo, people pass a banner reading "STOP EBOLA," forming part of Sierra Leone's Ebola free campaign in the city of Freetown, Sierra Leone. 
How do ‘whole-of-government’ programs actually work? Part II
Afghan women and children sit in front of a bakery waiting for bread donations in Kabul's Old City, Afghanistan, on Sept. 16, 2021.
Afghanistan
‘It is a catastrophe’: Afghans are in desperate need of food, humanitarian aid, refugee worker says
A sole woman waits in an empty movie theater-turned vaccination hub for her vaccine at a mall
COVID-19
Filipinos hesitant about getting COVID jab after dengue fever vaccine debacle
A sole woman waits in an empty movie theater-turned vaccination hub for her vaccine at a mall
COVID-19
Vaccine hesitancy: A nationwide challenge in the Philippines
A masked man in a suit stands in front of a line of people waiting for a COVID-19 vaccine.
COVID-19
Efficiency over privacy: How trust in the Chinese government helped contain the pandemic
Family members of a person who died due to COVID-19 light the funeral pyre at a crematorium
COVID-19
India’s COVID-19 infections could be 15 times higher than reported, says biostatistician
Two lab technicians dressed in white protective gear organize vials.
COVID-19
US loosens export restrictions to help India’s ‘full-blown’ coronavirus crisis
Anita Anand, Canada's Minister of Public Services and Procurement opens a box with some of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses that Canada has secured through a deal with the Serum Institute of India in partnership with Verity Pharma at a facility in M
COVID-19
A Canadian company challenges vaccine rules to increase access 
Several long lines of traffic cones are shown winding around an empty parking lot.
Coronavirus Conversations
Discussion: Coronavirus vaccine acceptance and public attitudes
Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks during a news conference with the coronavirus task force at the White House, Nov. 19, 2020.
COVID-19
‘We could crush this outbreak’ with mass vaccinations, says Dr. Anthony Fauci
People stand next to offerings during a ceremony in honor of Yemanja, the goddess of the sea, which is part of New Year's celebrations to plea for relief from the coronavirus pandemic and asks for a better new year at Praia Vermelha beach in Rio de Janeir
Brazilians flock to the coast during the height of tourist season while coronavirus cases surge
A man stands in front of the Skogafoss waterfall in Skogar, Iceland, March 8, 2020.
COVID-19
2020: The year of the primal scream — and other pandemic remedies 
Bar owner Cristina Mattioli put up a sign asking patrons not to talk about COVID-19.
At this Roman bar, talk about anything. Just not COVID-19.
In this Sept. 15, 2020, file photo, a Russian medical worker administers a shot of Russia's experimental Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in Moscow, Russia.
COVID-19
The key to combating vaccine hesitancy? Deep listening, tailored messaging.
Dressed in protective gear to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, a medical worker massages a patient, at a military hospital set up to take care of COVID-19 patients.
COVID-19
COVID-19 takes its toll on Mexico’s health workers
 Baek Jae-wook is a teenager with an autistic spectrum disorder and earned barista certifications from the Jayeondo Cafe in Incheon.
South Korean activists renew call for deinstitutionalizing people with disabilities amid coronavirus
A sign reminding customers about social distancing is placed at the entrance to a grocery store in central Stockholm.
COVID-19
Sweden’s pivot toward new virus restrictions may not ‘shift mindsets,’ says Swedish scientist
Women's March activists participate in a nationwide protest against US President Donald Trump's decision to fill the seat on the Supreme Court left by the passing of late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the 2020 election, in Washington, Oct. 17, 2020.
2020 US presidential election
How the US presidential election could impact women’s health worldwide
Two coal miners in uniform with skinned blackened from coal mining.
Health & Medicine
COVID-19 is trouble for coal miners struggling with black lung disease
Truth Gap Emerges as White House Attempts to Conceal President Trump’s Full Medical Picture 2020-10-05
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A young boy is shown wearing a red mask and holding a pencil while sitting on a mat next to a tree outside for school.
Coronavirus Conversations
Discussion: Reopening schools and workplaces amid the coronavirus
Demonstrators hold a sign reading "Defund the police" during a protest over the death of a Black man, Daniel Prude, after police put a spit hood over his head during an arrest on March 23, in Rochester, New York, September 6, 2020.
Health & Medicine
Stockholm’s mental health ambulance could help the US rethink policing
Clinical Research Nurse Aneta Gupta labels blood samples from volunteer Yash during the Imperial College vaccine trial, at a clinic in London, Aug. 5, 2020.
COVID-19
A global initiative could ensure equitable access to a COVID-19 vaccine. Can it work?
Macron and Trump stand near a podium
Critical State
The international politics of COVID-19: Part II
A woman leader holds up a COVID-19 chart card.
Leaders
It’s official: Women are better leaders in a pandemic
A member of medical staff takes coronavirus test samples of a woman during drive-thru coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing, on a converted ice rink.
COVID-19
Public health experts worry about flu and coronavirus overlap
Contact tracers are pictured in a room
COVID-19 threatens global progress in fight against other communicable diseases 
Mental Health Crisis Looms Large As Coronavirus Pandemic Continues 2020-08-06
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How “Learning Pods” Could Heighten Inequities in the U.S. School System 2020-08-03
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Dr. Georgina Keogh, a doctor at St George’s Hospital in London, stands beside a portrait of her painted by artist Jane Clatworthy as part of an NHS portrait series project.
Coronavirus Art
‘Portraits for NHS Heroes’ honors UK’s frontline health workers
Parents wait with their children to enter their elementary school in Sderot as it reopens following the ease of restrictions preventing the spread of the coronavirus in Israel, May 3, 2020.
Israel’s hurried school reopenings serve as a cautionary tale
Two people stand outside a window peering inside a facility.
COVID-19
Isolation may be a greater risk than COVID-19 for residents of Canada’s nursing homes
Two-year-old Lula-Belle Butler-Wenlock-Simpson, right, who was born with heart problems and underwent open-heart surgery, poses with a Special Friends doll whose scar mirrors her own.
Education
‘Special Friends’ dolls reflect the lives of children with special needs
Three women wearing masks hang signs on a laundry wire.
COVID-19
The future of our pandemic
People wear face masks as they shop in a main market in Jerusalem, Israel, July 16, 2020.
COVID-19
Israel considers a second lockdown as coronavirus cases surge
A restaurant posts a closed sign in Melbourne
COVID-19
Returning travelers in quarantine hotels may have triggered Melbourne’s latest lockdown
Reckoning with Race in Public Media 2020-07-09
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What Will COVID-19 Mean for Higher Education in the Fall? The Takeaway-2020-07-08
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COVID-19 Presents Major Economic Burden for Domestic Workers 2020-07-07
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Volunteers sit in plastic chairs as a medical professional gives a talk
COVID-19
South Africa begins coronavirus vaccine trial
Women wearing masks to prevent contracting Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) ride a subway train in Seoul, South Korea, on June 12, 2015.
COVID-19
Past epidemics underscore importance of mental health amid COVID-19
Several Black people stand around double doors in masks handing out supplies
COVID-19
Fixing health disparities requires ‘the right data,’ says UK doctor
A woman wearing a protective face mask passes grocery shoppers amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Singapore on May 15, 2020.
The great reopening
Essential Workers Are Already Starting to Lose Their Hazard Pay 2020-05-21
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A younger woman looks at an older woman behind glass at The Glass Garden House at the Claris nursing home.
COVID-19
Netherlands nursing home builds ‘glass cabin’ where families can safely connect
Can the Restaurant Industry Recover from COVID-19? 2020-05-19
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Trump Administration Puts a Strain on Health Care Systems Abroad by Continuing Deportations 2020-05-18
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